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[Discuss] email privacy/security

Subject: [Discuss] email privacy/security
From: blu at nedharvey.com (Edward Ned Harvey (blu))
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 11:36:03 +0000
In-reply-to: <51FF0E3E.9010903@gmail.com>
References: <51FED10B.7040208@gmail.com> <51FED700.6030207@gmail.com> <51FF0E3E.9010903@gmail.com>

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro
> 
> a phone call to
> convey the password

Phone calls are unencrypted going across the same public networks.  Even the IRS acknowledges this - I called them to have them fax me something, and they made me sign a waiver and consent to transmit across the insecure FAX communication channel.

But you can always verbally pick two random large prime numbers to construct a private key ...
http://xkcd.com/1121/

References:
- [Discuss] small business and "prosumer" email options: Yahoo Business Email, FastMail
  - From: tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)
- [Discuss] small business and "prosumer" email options: Yahoo Business Email, FastMail
  - From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)
- [Discuss] email privacy/security
  - From: tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)

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